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• President Taft speaking at the laying of the cornerstone, Beverly YMCA

  President William Howard Taft speaking in 1910 at the cornerstone laying for the Beverly Y.M.C.A. at 245 Cabot Street.
• Presidential Yacht "Sylph" in Beverly Harbor

  Photograph of the Presidential Yacht "Sylph" in Beverly harbor.
• Pumping station

  Wenham Lake straddles the border between Beverly and Wenham and is the primary reservoir for Beverly and Salem.
• Water St.

  View looking east along Water Street.
• Foster's Wharf, Beverly, Mass.

  Foster's Wharf, Water Street.
• Scene on Beverly harbor

  View of the Beverly waterfront from the Essex (Salem/Beverly bridge.).
• Scene on Beverly Harbor

  Looking east along the Beverly waterfront the Beverly / Salem bridge.
• Washington Street Church

  Washington Street Congregational Church, 23 Washington Street. The church building was opened in September 1836. The building is now a Masonic Temple.
• Washington Street looking west

  Washington Street looking west from Lothrop Street.
• Washington Street looking east

  Washington Street looking east.
• Washington Street looking east

  View of Washington Street looking east.
• Washington Street after a snow storm

  Photograph of Washington Street looking east after a snow storm, January 1948. According to the verso of the photograph this was "...after the 23rd storm of the season." Brown Street and the Washington Street Congregational Church are on the left
• Washington School

  "Washington School. Built in 1868. Torn down 1910? Replaced by the present building." Located at 54 Elliott Street and the corner of Rantoul Street.
• Washington School class picture

  Photograph of a class at the Washington School. The picture was probably taken between 1890 and 1910. The principal, Emma M. Driver is on the right.
• Washington School class picture

  Photograph of a class at the Washington School. The picture was probably taken between 1890 and 1910. The principal, Emma M. Driver is on the left in the back row.
• Washington School class picture

  Photograph of a class at the Washington School. The picture was probably taken between 1890 and 1910. The principal, Emma M. Driver is on the left.
• Washington School class picture

  Photograph of a class at the Washington School. The picture was probably taken between 1890 and 1910. The principal, Emma M. Driver is on the right.
• Washington School class picture

  Photograph of a class at the Washington School. The picture was probably taken between 1890 and 1910. The principal, Emma M. Driver is on the left.
• Washington School class picture

  Photograph of a class at the Washington School. The picture was probably taken between 1890 and 1910. The principal, Emma M. Driver is on the left.
• Washington School class picture

  Photograph of a class at the Washington School. The picture was probably taken between 1890 and 1910. The principal, Emma M. Driver is on the right.
• Walnut Avenue

  Walnut Avenue looking from Brimbal Avenue.
• Joseph A. Wallis

  Portrait of Joseph A. Wallis, 8th mayor of Beverly who served from 1905 to 1906.
• Varney Apothecary

  Photograph of F. W. Varney Apothecary, 1 West Street, Beverly Farms. Dated February 27, 1934.
• Fleet of the United Shoe Machinery Athletic Association Motor Boat Club

  Photograph of the United Shoe Machinery Yacht Club, now the Bass Haven Yacht Club on the Bass River.
• Universalist church

  Universalist Church, 16 Thorndike Street. The parish was organized in 1840. The park in the foreground is to the right of City Hall.
• Factory and grounds of the United Shoe Machinery Company at Beverly, Massachusetts

  Map of the United Shoe Machinery Company, Elliott Street and McKay Street.
• Aerial view of the United Shoe Machinery Company plant

  Aerial photograph of the United Shoe Machinery plant on Elliott Street in Beverly.
• Charles H. Trowt

  Portrait of Charles H. Trowt, 10th mayor of Beverly who served from 1909 to 1910.
• President Taft's family in Beverly

  President Taft's family outside the Summer White house in Beverly.
• St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Beverly

  St. Peter's Episcopal Church. The congregation met originally on the building at the corner of Essex and Hale Streets. The first church was built in 1865 at the southwest corner of Cabot and Bow Streets. The church relocated to 4 Ocean Street in 1930, the building pictured here. The parish was organized in 1863.
• William Stopford

  Portrait of William Stopford, 16th mayor of Beverly who served from 1925 to 1928.
• St. Nicholas Church, Beverley

  St. Nicholas Church, Beverley, England.
• St. Mary's School, Chapman Street

  St. Mary's School, 13 Chapman Street. The building opened September 11, 1925.
• St. Mary's early 1900's

  St. Mary Star of the Sea Church, 251 Cabot Street. The church was designed by Boston architect's Reid & McAlpine and construction was started in 1897. The parish was organized in 1873.
• Parochial residence and church

  St. Mary Star of the Sea Church, 251 Cabot Street. This church pre-dates the current St. Mary's. It was built in 1837 by the First Baptist congregation and sold in 1869 to the Knights of St. Crispin and purchased by St. Mary's in 1870. The church was destroyed by fire August 15, 1896. The church was organized in 1873.
• Beverley, St. Mary's church, minstrel pillar

  St. Mary's Church, Beverley, England. The church was founded in 1120 A.D. and was added to several times over the next several centuries.
• St. Mary's church, Beverley

  St. Mary's Church, Beverley, England. The church was founded in 1120 A. D. and was added to several times over the next centuries.
• Beverley St. Mary's Church (interior)

  Interior view of St. Mary's Church, Beverley, England. The church was founded in 1120 A. D. and was added to several times over the next several centuries.
• Beverley St. Mary's Church

  St. Mary's Church, Beverley, England. The church was founded in 1120 A.D. and was added to several times over the next several centuries.
• St. Mary's, Beverley

  St. Mary's Church, Beverley, England. The church was founded in 1120 A. D. and was added to several times over the next centuries.
• Beverley, St. Mary's Church

  St. Mary's Church, Beverley, England. The church was founded in 1120 A.D. and added to over the next several centuries.
• Beverley "Imp" - St. Mary's Church

  Gargoyle from St. Mary's Church, Beverley, England. The church was founded in 1120 A.D. and added to over several centuries.
• Stetson Cottage on Woodbury Beach

  In 1910, Marie Evans tired of people trampling across her estate to see where President Taft was summering. After he left, she had the Stetson Cottage, which the President rented, cut in half and barged across the harbor to Marblehead. The Italian Garden was built on the house's old foundation. This picture shows the house on the barge on Woodbury Beach.
• Stetson Carriage House

  Carriage house for the Stetson Estate, later owned by Robert Evans. The Stetson Cottage was rented by President William Howard Taft for the Summer White House in 1909 and 1910.
• South School

  South School, Stone Street at South Street. The school was opened in 1885. It was built to replace the school that burned down December 23, 1884.
• Photographs of Beverly school children

  Photographs of Beverly school children taken by the Boston Sunday Herald, 1923.
• View of the coast, near Beverly

  Mingo Beach, Hale Street, looking west. Mingo Beach was named after a slave named Robin Mingo, who was promised his freedom if the tide ever went low enough to walk to Aunt Becky's Ledge, just offshore. It happened the year he died.
• Scene on the coast, near Beverly

  Coastline, possibly Mingo Beach.
• Seth Norwood Shop, corner Rantoul St. & Railroad Ave.

  Seth Norwood Shoe factory, corner of Rantoul Street and Railroad Avenue.
• Second Congregational Church

  Second Congregational Church, Cabot and Conant Streets, North Beverly. The church building was remodelled in the 1950s and the building was turned 90 degrees to face Conant Street. The church was organized in 1715.
• Athletic contests at the Country Club

  Photographs of the United Shoe Machinery Employees' Field Day events.
• Horticultural and agricultural show

  Photograph of the United Shoe Machinery Employees' Field Day agricultural show.
• Girls' fancy work exhibition

  Photograph of the United Shoe Machinery Employees' Field Day arts and crafts exhibition.
• Employees' gardens and competitive exhibition

  Photograph of the United Shoe Machinery Employees' Field Day vegetable and poultry show.
• Band concert by the U. S. M. C. Band

  Photograph of a band concert by the United Shoe Machinery Company Band.
• Trap shooting by members of the gun club

  Photograph of the United Shoe Machinery employees trap shooting at the Gun Club.
• Tennis tournament - Country Club

  Photograph of the United Shoe Machinery employees tennis tournament at the Country Club.
• Floral decorations for Sam Sam

  Photograph of floral decorations for annual United Shoe Sam Sam carnival. Taken inside the United Shoe Machinery Athletic Association Clubhouse.
• Looking down the fairway towards the sixth green

  Sixth fairway for United Shoe Athletic Association, now Beverly Golf and Tennis Club, 134 McKay Street.
• Christmas Dance given by the Girls' Gymnasium Class at Country Club

  Christmas dance at the United Shoe Athletic Association, now Beverly Golf and Tennis Club, 134 McKay Street.
• Christmas Dance given by the Girls' Gymnasium Class at Country Club

  Christmas dance at the United Shoe Athletic Association, now Beverly Golf and Tennis Club, 134 McKay Street.
• A portion of the motor boat club fleet

  Photograph of the United Shoe Machinery Boat Club and motor boat fleet, now the Bass Haven Yacht Club on the Bass River.
• Bowling at the country club alleys

  Photograph of the United Shoe Machinery Country Club bowling alley.
• Members shooting at the Gun Club

  Photograph of the United Shoe Machinery employees shooting at the Gun Club.
• Employees' field day

  Photograph of the United Shoe Machinery Employees' Field Day.
• Site of U. S. M. A. A. Gun Club

  Photograph of the United Shoe Machinery Gun Club.
• High jump. Athletic meet

  Photograph of the United Shoe Machinery employees high jump competition at the Annual Employees' Field Day.
• Athletic contests and midway - Annual Field Day

  Photographs of the United Shoe Machinery Employees' Field Day events.
• Hildred Ventola and Betty Wilcox

  Pictured are Hildred Ventola and Betty Wilcox Connolly at one of the United Shoe Machinery Company's Sam Sam carnivals. Picture taken at the United Shoe Clubhouse, probably in the 1930s.
• Group photograph of employees of the United Shoe Machinery Company

  Group photograph of the United Shoe Machinery Company employees taken outside the Beverly plant.
• Baseball game. Boston office vs. Beverly factory

  Photograph of an employees' baseball game at the United Shoe Machinery Company Employees' Field Day.
• Cricket contest

  Photograph of an employees' cricket match at the United Shoe Machinery Company Employees' Field Day at the Country Club.
• Class work. Girls' Gymnasium Class

  Girls' gymnastics class at the United Shoe Athletic Association, now Beverly Golf and Tennis Club, 134 McKay Street.
• Group of members of Gymnasium Class

  Girls' gymnastics class at the United Shoe Athletic Association, now Beverly Golf and Tennis Club, 134 McKay Street.
• United Shoe Machinery Co. Band

  Photograph of the United Shoe Machinery Company Band.
• "Sam Sam" Day Band

  Photograph of the United Shoe Machinery Company employees "Sam Sam" Day band.
• Lining up for a 10 mile run

  Photograph of the United Shoe Machinery Employees' Field Day 10 mile race.
• Boys' 100 yard dash

  Photograph of the United Shoe Machinery Employees' Field Day, 100 yard dash.
• Vegetable and poultry show

  Photograph of the United Shoe Machinery Employees' Field Day vegetable and poultry show.
• View from near Mingo Beach, Beverly, Mass.

  View of Salem Harbor taken from near Mingo Beach, Hale Street in Beverly.
• View from near Mingo Beach, Beverly, Mass.

  View of Salem Harbor taken from near Mingo Beach, Hale Street in Beverly
• Beverly. W. G. Saltonstall's residence from the rear

  Estate of William G. Saltonstall of Boston, Hale Street east of Chapman's Corner.
• Salthouse Point, looking west from the Green lands

  Salthouse Point [Salter's Point] with Dixie's Cove in the foreground and the Danvers River in the background.
• Rantoul Street looking north from Edwards Street

  View of Rantoul Street looking north. Edwards Street is in the right foreground.
• Rantoul Street looking south near Pond Street

  View of Rantoul Street looking south. Pond Street is in the left foreground.
• Fishing off the Wharf, Beverly, Mass.

  Fishing off the Essex (Beverly/Salem) Bridge.
• Queen Hotel

  Queen Hotel, 37 Lothrop Street (Independence Park). The hotel opened June 1889 and was destroyed by fire November 24, 1891.
• Residence of Mr. N. P. Proctor - North Beverly

  Residence of Mr. N. P. Proctor.
• J. C. Phillips Nature Preserve ; Rt. 97, Beverly, Massachusetts

  Contour map and trail map of the J. C. Phillps Nature Preserve, Beverly, Mass.
• Francis H. Peabody estate

  Estate of Francis H. Peabody, 53 Ober Street (now Lynch Park). Peabody was head of the Boston banking firm of Kidder, Peabody & Co. He died at his Beverly home September 22, 1905.
• Hospital Point from Patch's Beach

  Hospital Point from Patch's Beach.
• Summer residences

  Bluff above Patch's Beach looking east toward Brackenbury Lane.
• The old cornmill

  The old grist mill located on Elliott Street, opposite McKay Street. The schooner is the Island City which hauled corn from Long Island. The mill was built and owned by John Friend, possibly as early as 1650 and burned June 4, 1889.
• Beverley Old Flemish room (St. Mary's)

  Old room, Beverley, England.
• Charles H. Odell

  Portrait of Charles H. Odell, 2nd mayor of Beverly who served for the year 1896.
• Ober St.

  Ober Street looking east from near Elm Top Lane.
• Residence of Mrs. Seth Norwood - Beverly

  Norwood mansion, 104 Cabot Street.
• Norwood Mansion, where Washington and Lafayette were entertained

  Norwood mansion, 104 Cabot Street.
• Private car storage barn at North Beverly station

  Photograph of private passenger car storage building at North Beverly Railroad Station, Enon Street at Dodge Street. The building was located north of the northbound platform. The building has been torn down.
• North Beverly depot, ca. 1900

  Photograph of Boston and Maine Railroad, North Beverly Railroad Station, Enon Street at Dodge Street. The view is northbound towards Newburyport. The buildings have been torn down.